Election Results

Declaration of Official Results

The Chief Election Officer has made the Declaration of Official Election Results. The following are elected to Bowen Island Municipal Council.

Voter Turnout Statistics

The voter turnout is calculated by adding the number of registered electors and the new registrations (for each resident and non-resident property electors), and the total number of ballots cast. Based on these calculations, the voter turnout for Bowen Island was 56.9%.

Preliminary Results

On Saturday, October 15, 2022, the polls closed at 8:00 pm and we began to count the ballots, box by box. The results were posted here as each box was finished counting. When the count was finished, the Chief Election Officer announced the preliminary results.

Mayor	Advance 1	Advance 2	General 1	General 2	General 3	Mail	TOTAL
Andrew Leonard	90	39	249	291	124	67	860
Maureen Nicholson	69	37	178	288	92	64	728
John Turner	38	18	70	115	59	20	320

Councillor	Advance 1	Advance 2	General 1	General 2	General 3	Mail	TOTAL
Robin Burger	54	40	146	228	101	35	604
Sue Ellen Fast	115	57	291	424	163	90	1140
Judith Gedye	139	71	345	484	182	113	1334
Alex Jurgensen	73	44	239	356	148	67	927
Gale Lyttle	109	48	192	291	101	79	820
Craig Macdonald	71	36	191	250	91	69	708
Alison Morse	107	55	243	322	121	73	921
John Saunders	116	44	250	326	113	82	931
Nicole Thomas Zyczynski	32	16	89	131	54	30	352
Tim Wake	147	66	334	417	164	99	1227
Richard Wiefelspuett	64	31	161	235	106	59	656

Islands Trustee	Advance 1	Advance 2	General 1	General 2	General 3	Mail	TOTAL
Sue Ellen Fast	96	48	244	337	131	68	924
Judith Gedye	116	51	264	372	151	84	1038
Gale Lyttle	34	20	72	117	51	29	323
Maureen Nicholson	55	32	133	207	77	49	553
Tim Wake	81	35	190	261	98	62	727

Community Opinion Poll	Advance 1	Advance 2	General 1	General 2	General 3	Mail	TOTAL
YES	138	69	362	484	196	115	1364
NO	51	20	100	123	49	24	367

The School Trustee election is administered by the District of West Vancouver. Please check their website for results.

Conditions of a recount

On the evening of the election, after the count, the Chief Election Officer announced the preliminary results. The official declaration of results was completed on Wednesday, October 19.

There are a number of circumstances where a recount of the ballots may happen:

Upon the announcement of the preliminary results, if the difference in votes for a ballot is close (e.g. within a few ballots), a candidate may request the Chief Election Officer to recount the ballots. Informal recounts are approved at the discretion of the Chief Election Officer. If a recount is required, this is most likely to happen on the next business day.
If there is a tie upon the official declaration of results, the Chief Election Officer must apply to the Provincial Court for a Judicial Recount.
If a candidate, or an elector, has reason to believe votes were not correctly accepted or ballots were not correctly rejected, or that votes were not correctly calculated or accounted for, they may apply to the Provincial Court for a Judicial Recount.

Read Section 148 of the Local Government Act for information about Judicial Recounts